3:8-15
It is difficult for us to appreciate these next few verses. There may be allusions to pagan myths held by other nations such as the Canaanites, or the allusions may be to the rescue of the Israelites at the Red Sea. God does have power over all creation, and this has been demonstrated at various times in the Bible. There was Moses and the Red Sea, and Joshua and the Jordan. Then Jesus stilled the storm. However, it was not the sea or the mountains that God’s wrath was aimed at, though the pagan nations tended to deify nature, with gods of rivers and mountains. In verse 12 it says “in wrath you strode through the earth and in anger you threshed the nations”. Man without God makes images of nature, or deifies nature in some respect. Now we might think well they did that then, but we are much more sophisticated now and don’t do such things. Yes we do. The whole scientism approach to life that says matter is all there is is a deification of nature. But the real “battle”, the real issue, is between God and man. God acted, and God will act, to save His people. People may think economic or political forces work against them, and God may use such forces, but the real issue is God judging nations. God is active in defending His people.
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